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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
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A speech and language evaluation may document speech production, intelligibility, vocabulary, comprehension, expressive language, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and other aspects of communication. Comparing evaluations over time may help identify documented changes, but interpretation should consider the assessment methods, testing conditions, and the individual’s cultural and linguistic background.
A language sample can show how a person uses language during conversation, narration, or other connected communication rather than only through individual test items. Depending on the sample and analysis method, it may provide information about vocabulary, sentence structure, discourse, pragmatics, and other features of spontaneous language and can complement standardized assessment results.
Speech and language expertise in a clinical communication case commonly comes from a speech-language pathologist who evaluates speech production, comprehension, expression, language disorders, and functional communication. Linguistics more broadly examines the structure and use of language and may be relevant to issues such as meaning, discourse, language variation, or forensic analysis that do not primarily involve clinical diagnosis or treatment of a communication disorder.
Hearing can affect speech, language, and communication, while evaluation and management of hearing and auditory function fall more directly within audiology. When a dispute involves both communication abilities and hearing status, appropriately qualified speech-language and audiology experts may address different but related parts of the evidence.
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
